[from UVA Today]

The University of Virginia received a $2,445,000 grant from the Virginia Tobacco Commission Indemnification & Community Revitalization Commission to help transform industry in Southside Virginia utilizing housing designs created through the University's School of Architecture.

U.Va. is the lead partner on the one-year grant to design and manufacture affordable and energy-efficient housing systems and disaster recovery structures, the results of design and research by faculty and students in the award-winning ecoMOD and Initiative reCOVER programs.